Jogging attachment for signature-gathering machines.



A; GULLBERG & G. L. SMITH. JOGGINGATTAUHMENT FOR SIGNATURE GATHERINGMACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1912.

lfififi'm; Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

'1 by GAJJWQLL i I w @W Attest: In V611 i01 part 2 5 of the horizontalplatform 26 and rests against the yielding vertical follower I bookpreviously delivered upon the platform 27 on said platform 26 or againsta gathered 26 and resting against the follower 27. The correspondingframe composed of the crossed rods 18 and 19 moves downward when thecorresponding cam roller 8 travels upon the eccentric part 13 of thecam, which serves to hold and maintain the-corresponding rods 19 invertical position, While they are sliding down until their upper endshave passed beneath the horizontal plane of the platform25 and then therollers 8 gradually run upon the concentric part of the rim of the camand thereby the arms 19 on the shafts 6 are gradually swung downward andthen upward so as to be in horizontal position when they again move upto the platform 20 upon which the books have been delivered by theconveyer of the gathering machine and so on As the supporting framescomposed of the rods 1.8 and 19 move down vertically when leaving thegathering book of signatures, which book now stands vertically on theplat-form25, they cannot have any disturbing or disarranging effectwhatever upon the jogged signatures coniprising the book and they do notjar the same, but deliver them in perfect manner upon the platform25-26. The followerJZT, which is movable on the platform 25-26 standsvertically on the same and is connected with a cord or rope 28 whichpasses over guide pulleys 29 and 30 and carries a weight i at its lowerend; which serves to press the follower 27 toward the left.

The gathered books of signatures are thus automatically removed from theconveyer guide of the signature gatherer, are automaticallyplaced onedge while being carried through an arc of 90, are jogged while restmgon edge and are delivered ready for removal without subjecting thesignatures to any disarranging ars or shocks.

is a'curved retaining guide for the side edges of the signatures and issuitably secured to one of the brackets 2 or a rigid and fixed part ofthe machine.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure. bv Letters Patent is i l; The combination with the signatureconveyor guide of a signature gathering machine, of a rotary structure,supports carried by the said structure for carrying piles of gatheredsignatures, and means for vibrating said supports while carrying saidpiles of gathered signatures, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination with the signature conveyer guide of a signaturegathering machine, of a rotary structure, supports on said structure forcarrying piles of gathered signatures, a fixed platform upon which thepiles are delivered by the said supports, said platform being at ahigher elevation than the conveyor guide of the signature gatheringmachine, and means forwibrating the book supports in their passage fromthe plane of the conveyer guide to the said platform, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination with the signature conveyor guide of .a signaturegathering machine, of a rotary structure, right angled book supportsmounted pivotally on said structure, a fixed cam, adjacent-t0 which camthe said structure. rotates, and tilting arms connected with thesupports and acted upon by the cam, and means for vibrating the booksupports in their passage from the plane of the conveyer guide to saidplatform, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the. conveyor guide of av signature-gatheringmachine, of a rotary structure, rocking shafts on the same,

signature supports on said rocking shafts, a

fixed cam adjacent to the rotary structure, and arms on the rockingshafts traveling on said cam, and means for vibrating the book supportsin their passage from the plane of the conveyor guide to said platform,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the conveyer guide of a signattire-gatheringmachine, of a rotary structure, a rigid supporting platform at a higherelevation than the conveyor guide, supports on the rotary structure forconveying piles of gathered signatures from the conveyor guide to saidsupporting platform and to bring them from a horizontal to a verticalposition, a fixed cam adjacent to the rotary structure and means forcontrolling the positions of said supports on the rotary structure bysaid cam, and means for vibrating the book supports in their passagefrom the plane' of the conveyor guide tosaid platform, substantially asset forth. I

6. The combination with the conveyor guide of a signature gatheringmachine, of a rotary structure, a series of rocking supports on the samefor piles of gathered signatures, a horizontal platform adjacent to saidstructure and on a higher plane that the conveyer guide, a fixed cammounted concentrically with the rotating structure and provided on itsedge between the end of the conveyor guide and the beginning of theelevated platform, with undulations and tilting pivoted supports. en-

means carried by the I cam, substantially as gaging the edge of the setforth.

7. The combination with the conveyor guide of a signature gatheringmachine, of a rotary structure, a series of rocking supports on thesame, for piles of gathered signatures, a horizontal platform adjacentto said structure and on a higher plane than the con- Vcyer guide. a.liked ean'l mounted coneentricall" with the rotating structure andprovided on its edge between the end of the con- Veyer guide and thebeginning of the elevated platform with undulations and tilting whichthe means carried by the pivoted supports en- 1.5

gaging the edgeiof the cam, said cam having eccentric parts in that partof its rim along supports travel when moving (l0WI1Wtl1tl, substantiallyas set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York,this 2!) day of Marcln'A. D. 1912.

ALEX GULLBICRG. CHARLES L. SMITH. Vitnesses v Jon): F. WVnnLAN, JOSEPHH.'B.\1;En.

